News:

We are very pleased to announce that we were unanimously inducted into the ABAA at their Feburary meeting (and into ILAB, by extension).
We are very honored to join these ranks and will do all we can to forward the missons of both organizations.

We will be showing at several fairs in the not too distant future:


West Side Antiquarian Book and Ephemra Fair
Hunter College (NY City) - April 4-5
[Shadow Show to the ABAA NY Fair
Park Ave. Armory (NY City) -April 4-6]

Boston Antiques Weekend (MARIAB Fair) - April 12-13

Planned Fall Shows:

Baltimore Summer Antique and Antiquarian Book Show
Baltimore Conv. Center - Aug. 28-31

ABAA Boston Book Fair
Hynes Conv. Center, Boston, MA - Nov. 14-16

Please note, there is also very likely to be a Fall Show in the Portland area sponsored by MABA and the Maine Historical Society. More on this as events develope.

In November, Ian was voted appointed the President of the Maine Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. Let the cat herding begin *laughing*.

Lux Mentis is extremely pleased to be the bookseller sponsor of the now International Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship hosted by Fine Books and Collections Magazine. The future of our profession rests with emerging collectors and we are honored to be supporting this event.

The Portland Press Herald ran a wonderful article about us in 2006. A typo here and there and a misquote or two notwithstanding, it was a very nice article. The reporter called just before I left for the NY Carriage House book fair and inteviewed me while I was packing boxes. There is a .pdf of the article here (sadly, sans the images...ask and I will send you a copy of the original <laughing>).

Ian is now on the board of the Baxter Society and the chairman of the Program Committee. The Baxter Society is Maine's premier (and only) bibliophilic society and is populated with a wonderful group of passionate booklovers. They offer monthly meetings on bookish topics and great fun is had by all.

We have been very pleased with the results of our working with Fine Books and Collections Magazine. We have exceptional placement, with a 1/3rd page vertical ad next to two columns of Nicholas Basbanes' "must read" monthly article. If you have not done so, please consider subscribing...while our ad is merely pretty, the journal itself is a great read and much looked forward to every couple of months.

Ian was interviewed (and, sadly for all, photographed) by Maine Antiques Digest in their June 2005 issue for a piece they did on book collecting and the MARIAB Boston show. While quoted a bit out of context, it was a nice interview and we have had some nice feedback from it.

I have started a blog...in theory, all posts in some way come back to books...we shall see.
Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis...the Blog

Links:

Library Thing

Today in Literature

Baxter Society

Maine Antiquarian Booksellers' Association

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

Bookhound